The Team Roping Journal

THE ROPER’S BIT MAN: PAUL PETSKA

Four-time NFR and 1986 NFR average champion Paul Petska, 71, began building Petska Bits, his claim to fame, in the early ’90s, while rodeoing full time.

Petska, who now resides in Oklahoma, purchased a few bits along the way that never gave him the feel he desired. He

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